diff --git a/src/cmake.cpp b/src/cmake.cpp
index 2befb21..7a485db 100644
--- a/src/cmake.cpp
+++ b/src/cmake.cpp
@@ -351,17 +351,18 @@ void CMake::parse_file(const std::string &src, std::map<std::string, std::list<s
 }
 
 void CMake::init_module(pybind11::module &api) {
-  py::class_<CMake>(api, "CMake")
-      .def_readwrite("project_path", &CMake::project_path)
-      .def("update_default_build", &CMake::update_default_build,
-           py::arg("default_build_path"),
-           py::arg("force") = false)
-      .def("update_debug_build", &CMake::update_debug_build,
-           py::arg("debug_build_path"),
-           py::arg("force") = false)
-      .def("get_executable", &CMake::get_executable,
-           py::arg("build_path"),
-           py::arg("file_path"))
+    py::class_<CMake>(api, "CMake")
+        .def(py::init<const boost::filesystem::path &>())
+        .def_readwrite("project_path", &CMake::project_path)
+        .def("update_default_build", &CMake::update_default_build,
+             py::arg("default_build_path"),
+             py::arg("force") = false)
+        .def("update_debug_build", &CMake::update_debug_build,
+             py::arg("debug_build_path"),
+             py::arg("force") = false)
+        .def("get_executable", &CMake::get_executable,
+             py::arg("build_path"),
+             py::arg("file_path"))
 
-      ;
+        ;
 }
diff --git a/tests/python_bindings/CMake_tests/cmake_project/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/python_bindings/CMake_tests/cmake_project/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6400f28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/python_bindings/CMake_tests/cmake_project/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
+
+project(cmake_project)
+
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++1y -Wall -Wextra")
+
+add_executable(cmake_project main.cpp)
diff --git a/tests/python_bindings/CMake_tests/cmake_test.cc b/tests/python_bindings/CMake_tests/cmake_test.cc
index cf0cd58..89d45df 100644
--- a/tests/python_bindings/CMake_tests/cmake_test.cc
+++ b/tests/python_bindings/CMake_tests/cmake_test.cc
@@ -1,7 +1,17 @@
 #include "test_suite.h"
+#include <iostream>
 
 int main() {
-  suite test_suite("CMake_tests");
-  py::module::import("cmake_test");
-  test_suite.has_assertion = true;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+  auto &config = Config::get();
+  config.project.cmake.command = "cmake";
+  auto suite_name = "CMake_tests";
+  suite test_suite(suite_name);
+  auto module = py::module::import("cmake_test");
+
+  try {
+    module.attr("run")((test_suite.test_file_path / suite_name / "cmake_project").string());
+    test_suite.has_assertion = true;
+  } catch(const py::error_already_set &error){
+    std::cout << error.what();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/python_bindings/CMake_tests/cmake_test.py b/tests/python_bindings/CMake_tests/cmake_test.py
index c20e897..f413afb 100644
--- a/tests/python_bindings/CMake_tests/cmake_test.py
+++ b/tests/python_bindings/CMake_tests/cmake_test.py
@@ -1 +1,12 @@
 from Jucipp import CMake
+
+def run(project_path):
+    cmake = CMake(project_path)
+    assert project_path == cmake.project_path, "Construction of CMake failed"
+    default_build_path = project_path + "/build"
+    assert cmake.update_default_build(default_build_path) == True, "Update of default build failed"
+    executable = cmake.get_executable(default_build_path, project_path)
+    assert executable == default_build_path + "/cmake_project", "Invalid executable"
+    default_debug_path = project_path + "/debug"
+    assert cmake.update_debug_build(default_debug_path), "Update of debug build failed"
+    executable = cmake.get_executable(default_debug_path, project_path)